Tuba Warm-Ups (for Bb Tuba) Various Authors The 5 minute 'Level 1' warm-up. And should be the most important thing done daily. All exercises should be practiced at q = 60 unless otherwise indicated. The 10 minute 'Level 2' warm-up. The 20 minute 'Level 3' warm-up.

Instructional Film in English by Jon Welch & Son Nguyen (ca. 54 Minutes; Download Only). Available in the Online Store at www.jonwelchmusic.com.

This film documents Michael himself teaching his '20 Minute Warm-Up Routine' trombone book during a workshop at the International Trombone Festival in Aarhus, Denmark in June of 2009. Listen to and play along with Michael as he discusses the primary concepts of sound, time and pitch and explains his extremely important and fundamental L.E.A. Approach to music performance: Listen - Evaluate - Adjust!

This one-hour session features 13 of the 15 exercises (incl. Corresponding playbacks!) found in Michael's '20 Minute Warm-Up Routine' book, initially performed and commented upon by the author himself. Michael is a student of the Remington school of trombone warm-ups (he attended the Eastman School and studied with Dr.

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When you're talking about New York trombonists, it's hard not to mention Michael Davis. He's one of the busiest freelancers in the city, active in commercial recording, Broadway shows and top-scale concert and session work. He also tours regularly with the Rolling Stones and is an accomplshed Jazz soloist. But Michael is not only an accomplished performer. He is also a prolific music publisher and educator. One area that his publishing company, Hip-Bone Music, specializes in is realistic and hands-on educational material for beginning and intermediate players.

His warm-up and etude books always include a play-along CD for a maximum, realistic musical experience and feature a broad range of contemporary styles and grooves. Don't forget to also check out his excellent brass recordings (featuring many industry heavyweights) and his professional level arrangements and compositions, all available at Hip-Bone Music, Michael is a quintuple threat: performer, composer, arranger, producer and music educator!